Thursday

Jeffrey Brown, senior correspondent for “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” on PBS, talks about his experiences covering the arts, the current state of the media and issues around “the public voice” in American society. (Total time: 1:05:31)

Wednesday

Gogol Bordello, a band that feeds a growing cult following with a frenetic mix of Gypsy, punk and world musics, performs at Bates College at 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, in the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building.

Wednesday

Inon Barnatan, an exciting young pianist described by a London Evening Standard critic as “refined, searching and unfailingly communicative,” opens the 2007-08 Bates College Concert Series with a performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.